Company Wifi and VPNs

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do not use your work computer for anything you don't want your employer to see. They can see everything.

Incorrect.

If you have a VPN installed and use it to read the NY Times all day at work, all your IT administrator sees is that you have a browser window open and it is connected to a VPN. Where you use that VPN to take you is encrypted. Concealing your browsing history is like 95% of the reason to use a VPN.

lol wrong

OP, just assume that everything you do on a corporate computer can be monitored.

Not wrong. 100% right. And no one said anything about corporate, moron.

Honestly, please stop talking about things your don't understand. At a minimum, your browser history is stored locally regardless of VPN usage and can be easily accessed by an administrator, let alone an EDR agent or similar.

And "If I'm using a VPN on my computer at work" pretty clearly implies using a work computer.

You are way in over your head. It's simple to clear history, cache and logs on the machine being used. You can set it to wipe 15 minutes It's even simpler to prevent that from being stored on the machine anyway. And unless IT is logged into your machine they would never see it. And if your company has $250 an hour to hire a babysitter, per machine, then you'd already know this. No one outside of the IC does anything remotely like this. If you are a research analyst at NIH, no one has a damn clue what you are doing on a VPN. Ask me how I know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do not use your work computer for anything you don't want your employer to see. They can see everything.

Incorrect.

If you have a VPN installed and use it to read the NY Times all day at work, all your IT administrator sees is that you have a browser window open and it is connected to a VPN. Where you use that VPN to take you is encrypted. Concealing your browsing history is like 95% of the reason to use a VPN.

You're an idiot.

Good luck with that!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do not use your work computer for anything you don't want your employer to see. They can see everything.

Incorrect.

If you have a VPN installed and use it to read the NY Times all day at work, all your IT administrator sees is that you have a browser window open and it is connected to a VPN. Where you use that VPN to take you is encrypted. Concealing your browsing history is like 95% of the reason to use a VPN.

lol wrong

OP, just assume that everything you do on a corporate computer can be monitored.

Not wrong. 100% right. And no one said anything about corporate, moron.

Honestly, please stop talking about things your don't understand. At a minimum, your browser history is stored locally regardless of VPN usage and can be easily accessed by an administrator, let alone an EDR agent or similar.

And "If I'm using a VPN on my computer at work" pretty clearly implies using a work computer.

You are way in over your head. It's simple to clear history, cache and logs on the machine being used. You can set it to wipe 15 minutes It's even simpler to prevent that from being stored on the machine anyway. And unless IT is logged into your machine they would never see it. And if your company has $250 an hour to hire a babysitter, per machine, then you'd already know this. No one outside of the IC does anything remotely like this. If you are a research analyst at NIH, no one has a damn clue what you are doing on a VPN. Ask me how I know.

Hahhahaha!

Someone is trying hard to screw you op.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do not use your work computer for anything you don't want your employer to see. They can see everything.

+10

No [phone]

[Anonymous]

What if I use my personal phone on the company Wi-Fi but browse with a VPN?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What if I use my personal phone on the company Wi-Fi but browse with a VPN?

They won't see anything.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Use a different computer for job search.

+1
This is what I did. I literally never used my work phone or work computer to do anything not job-specific related. Job search is personal so I used my computer. I actually had two jobs at once and used separate computers.

This is why
Employers are RTO!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you going to sketchy sites that you want to hide from your employer? Seems stupid.

No, I'm job hunting to escape from a toxic work environment but I need to keep this one until I land the next one.

Do it at home on your own time not when you are meant to be working.

I would also use a personal machine.

Someone I know said their IT department (needs some kind of multi step process) can access what is on someone’s computer no matter what/ current or past.

I guess someone allegedly was not working all day and used a VPN and they somehow knew what was going on. They also looked backward as well. I don’t know how and this is all like playing telephone but I wouldn’t risk it.

I don’t understand why people think they are fine if they clear history, cache and logs. Everything you do in a work device your company can access at any time.

[Anonymous]

What if I use my work computer for browsing but use my local wifi and don't connect to the work VPN?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do not use your work computer for anything you don't want your employer to see. They can see everything.

Incorrect.

If you have a VPN installed and use it to read the NY Times all day at work, all your IT administrator sees is that you have a browser window open and it is connected to a VPN. Where you use that VPN to take you is encrypted. Concealing your browsing history is like 95% of the reason to use a VPN.

AHHAHAHHHA my IT husband would strongly disagree. Your employers can definitely see what sites you visit even on VPN.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What if I use my personal phone on the company Wi-Fi but browse with a VPN?

They won't see anything.

WRONG. They can and do see everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do not use your work computer for anything you don't want your employer to see. They can see everything.

+10

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do not use your work computer for anything you don't want your employer to see. They can see everything.

Incorrect.

If you have a VPN installed and use it to read the NY Times all day at work, all your IT administrator sees is that you have a browser window open and it is connected to a VPN. Where you use that VPN to take you is encrypted. Concealing your browsing history is like 95% of the reason to use a VPN.

AHHAHAHHHA my IT husband would strongly disagree. Your employers can definitely see what sites you visit even on VPN.

+10000 the ignorance on this thread!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do not use your work computer for anything you don't want your employer to see. They can see everything.

Incorrect.

If you have a VPN installed and use it to read the NY Times all day at work, all your IT administrator sees is that you have a browser window open and it is connected to a VPN. Where you use that VPN to take you is encrypted. Concealing your browsing history is like 95% of the reason to use a VPN.

AHHAHAHHHA my IT husband would strongly disagree. Your employers can definitely see what sites you visit even on VPN.

Nope. I've been a 6 figure bookie on the side at my job for 11 years. You think theyd let that happen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Related question for DC. Uses a work laptop and uses it solely for work. However the outlook email is also on personal phone along with several other personal email account (work doesn’t provide phones). Can any internet searches from phone be seen from work email in search history?

Bump. Can anyone answer this? They don’t issue work phones.